Fines for speeding using a camera

[thaisail]

I read recently on line that someone took the Dept. of Land Transport to court because they refused to give him his road tax sticker until his speed camera tickets were paid. The article in the Bangkok Post stated that the driver won his case and the DLT had to pay him 3000 baht and give him his road tax sticker at the normal price. 

 

I went to pay the road tax a few weeks ago and paid the normal price even though I had several unpaid traffic tickets. Does anyone know if these tickets must still be paid? Does anyone know what will happen if the tickets are never paid?

[richard_smith237]

This is the case you are referring to (link below)

 

With regards to your specific question - A fine is a fine, if you do not pay further legal action 'can' be taken against you.

 

 

[hotsun]

The question is too complex for me to fathom, as traffic offenses are so common in the country there is no means for them to enforce it. I imagine the only ones who pay are the ones that want to

 

 

if you are a foreigner you should pay it

[richard_smith237]

35 minutes ago, hotsun said:

 

if you are a foreigner you should pay it

 

Thats rather a strange response which seems to imply that if the recipient of a fine is a foreigner legal proceedings may be more readily forthcoming than if the recipient of a fine is Thai... \

 

Seems you may have overplayed your hand of 'victim farang' here... 

[chickenslegs]

Seems to me that the DLT are not currently applying the new rule due to the police failure to follow the correct procedures (see the quote below, from the topic posted above).

 

Maybe the police will comply, and the new rule will be applied in future - or maybe it will all be forgotten.

 

Quote

The crux of the court's decision emphasised that while an electronic data-sharing agreement between the Department of Land Transport and the Royal Thai Police was in place to streamline enforcement of traffic regulations, the police failed to adhere to required legal procedures.

 

Notably, the traffic department had not issued the formal notices required by law for the unpaid fine, nor was there evidence of communication regarding the non-compliance.

 

Without such notifications, the court maintained that the department had overreached its authority by refusing the tax renewal.